A Hanna-Barbera mistake: cartoon-izing Charles Addams' Goth family for
cheap, low-rent yuks. In one of the episodes I was unfortunate enough
to see, the Addams' were duped into a phony rocket ride to the moon
(bad guys want to steal their house, which now doubles as the family
car). So much of the action is spent on the sloppily-drawn villains
that the main characters get lost in the shuffle (especially Wednesday
and Pugsly, the latter voiced by a pre-teen Jodie Foster). Wouldn't
kids get a bigger kick out of the Addams' just doing their spooky
business at home? And why is so much time spent on the talky adults?
Were they just easier to draw? The animation throughout (despite
several Japanese names in the credits) is cheap and lousy, like
Colorforms set to motion. They didn't even bother coloring in the
whites of the villains' eyes. As for Foster, she chimes in with a line
here and there: "Dad, look!", "A moon ride?", "Hey!" No wonder she
never mentions this. It's a visual insult. *2005 UPDATE* a recent
appearance on David Letterman's show prompted Foster to admit she did
do cartoon work, "and lots of embarrassing things", in her early days!

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